Without the local library in my neighborhood, I don’t think I would have grown up to be a writer or a teacher.

She talked to me like I was just like any other student, not a kid in a wheelchair.

Teachers must be celebrated for moving civilization from ignorance to enlightenment, from apathy to responsibility.

What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me. "Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type. "I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles. "I'd be scared to let go," I type. "Afraid you'd fall?" she asks. "No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.

But I'll always love you, and I'll always miss you and I'll never forget that It's okay to put dragons in the jungle and tears on a tiger

By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn't change a thing.

Do you know what courage is? I guess you don't. Do you know that the courage it took at that moment - to actually blow yourself away - was more than enough courage to keep on living?